145. Psychedelics, Power and the Price of Healing with Erica Rex

In this episode of the Drug Science Podcast, Prof Nutt speaks with Erica Rex, author of the book Seeing What is There, which explores the complex history of psychedelic therapy. She shares her own experiences with psychedelic-assisted therapy, while providing context on the guardrails that are necessary for these treatments to maximize benefits and minimize harms. Viewing psychedelics as therapeutic accelerants, Erica speaks on the current state of mental health treatments and explores how complex trauma and other mental health problems could be better treated.Erica Instagram Erica Substack  Links●      Seeing What is There●      The Culture Is the Poison: Why Psychedelics Are Dangerous Medicine in a Neoliberal Society●      Psilocybin●      MDMA●      5-MeO-DMT●      More From Erica ★ Support this podcast ★